Welcome to home page of the Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching of the Medieval in Popular Culture, a community of scholars and enthusiasts organized to promote and foster research and discussion of representations of the medieval in post-medieval popular culture and mass media. Encompassing material produced from the close of the Middle Ages to today, these medievalisms can be categorized as survivals, revivals, or re-creations of the medieval in post-medieval eras.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
MSAM: Upcoming Films--Clash of the Titans and How to Train Your Dragon
The Internet is abuzz with news on two medieval-themed films set to be released in 2010. One is a remake of the 1981 film Clash of the Titans (official site), which Marijane Osborn argues was inspired, in part, by Beowulf, and the other, How to Train Your Dragon (official site), is an animated film based on a 2003 children's book. Trailers for both productions are appended below.
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